Allocation of Internal Medicine Resident Time in a Swiss Hospital: A Time and Motion Study of Day and Evening Shifts. Categories: Posted on January 31, 2017
Risk of Acute Kidney Injury After Intravenous Contrast Media Administration. Categories: Posted on January 31, 2017
‘Delayed discharges and boarders’: a 2-year study of the relationship between patients experiencing delayed discharges from an acute hospital and boarding of admitted patients in a crowded ED. Categories: Posted on January 31, 2017
Hospital ward transfer to intensive care unit as a quality marker in emergency medicine. Categories: Posted on January 31, 2017July 8, 2017
Impact of Ultrafiltration on Serum Sodium Homeostasis and its Clinical Implication in Patients With Acute Heart Failure, Congestion, and Worsening Renal Function. Categories: Posted on January 29, 2017
Fluid administration in severe sepsis and septic shock, patterns and outcomes: an analysis of a large national database. Categories: Posted on January 29, 2017September 15, 2017
Previous Antibiotics Therapy is Associated with a Lower Incidence of Septic Shock and a Lower Need for Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Categories: Posted on January 29, 2017
Early sepsis bundle compliance for non-hypotensive patients with intermediate versus severe hyperlactemia. Categories: Posted on January 28, 2017
The Evidence for and Against Corticosteroid Prophylaxis in At-Risk Patients. Categories: Posted on January 28, 2017February 12, 2017
Clinical impact of admission hyperglycemia on in-hospital mortality in acute myocardial infarction patients. Categories: Posted on January 28, 2017
The effect of a short-stay unit on hospital admission and length of stay in acute heart failure: REDUCE-AHF study. Categories: Posted on January 28, 2017
Effect of a Handover Tool on Efficiency of Care and Mortality for Interhospital Transfers. Categories: Posted on January 27, 2017
Discharges Against Medical Advice at a County Hospital: Provider Perceptions and Practice. Categories: Posted on January 27, 2017
Characteristics and Outcomes of Fasting Orders Among Medical Inpatients. Categories: Posted on January 27, 2017
Do Clinicians Understand Quality Metric Data? An Evaluation in a Twitter-Derived Sample. Categories: Posted on January 27, 2017
The Impact of Tunneled Catheters for Ascites and Peritoneal Carcinomatosis on Patient Rehospitalizations. Categories: Posted on January 27, 2017
Post-acute care reform: Implications and opportunities for hospitalists. Categories: Posted on January 27, 2017
A problem of capacity, but whose? The hospitalists’ discharge dilemma and social determinants of health. Categories: Posted on January 27, 2017
Bezlotoxumab for Prevention of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection. Categories: Posted on January 26, 2017
Initial therapeutic strategy of invasive candidiasis for intensive care unit patients: a retrospective analysis from the China-SCAN study. Categories: Posted on January 25, 2017
The Role of Adjuvant Acid Suppression on the Outcomes of Bleeding Esophageal Varices after Endoscopic Variceal Ligation. Categories: Posted on January 25, 2017
Comparison of the Safety and Effectiveness of Apixaban versus Warfarin in Patients with Severe Renal Impairment. Categories: Posted on January 25, 2017October 5, 2017
Risk of cardiovascular events, arrhythmia and all-cause mortality associated with clarithromycin versus alternative antibiotics prescribed for respiratory tract infections: a retrospective cohort study. Categories: Posted on January 25, 2017
Association of Intensive Care Unit Patient-to-Intensivist Ratios With Hospital Mortality. Categories: Posted on January 25, 2017June 24, 2017
Pneumococcal vaccines for preventing pneumonia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Categories: Posted on January 25, 2017
Effect of social deprivation on the admission rate and outcomes of adult respiratory emergency admissions. Categories: Posted on January 25, 2017
Association Between Tracheal Intubation During Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Survival. Categories: Posted on January 25, 2017
The Effects of Pay-for-Performance Programs on Health, Health Care Use, and Processes of Care: A Systematic Review. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2017
Cefepime plasma concentrations and clinical toxicity: a retrospective cohort study. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2017
Quick SOFA Scores Predict Mortality in Adult Emergency Department Patients With and Without Suspected Infection. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2017
Outcomes for Emergency Department Patients With Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter Treated in Canadian Hospitals. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2017
Epidemiology, recognition and documentation of sepsis in the pre-hospital setting and associated clinical outcomes: a prospective multicenter study. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2017
Study protocol for a Multi-centre, Investigator-initiated, Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare the Effects of Prehospital Antibiotic Treatment for Sepsis Patients with Usual Care after Training Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Personnel in Early Recognition (- The Prehospital ANTibiotics Against Sepsis (PHANTASi) trial. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2017
Prognostic Accuracy of Sepsis-3 Criteria for In-Hospital Mortality Among Patients With Suspected Infection Presenting to the Emergency Department. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2017February 14, 2017
Prognostic Accuracy of the SOFA Score, SIRS Criteria, and qSOFA Score for In-Hospital Mortality Among Adults With Suspected Infection Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. Categories: Posted on January 24, 2017February 14, 2017
Common and uncommon neurological manifestations of neuroborreliosis leading to hospitalization. Categories: Posted on January 23, 2017
Prophylaxis for Stress Ulcers With Proton Pump Inhibitors is not Associated With Increased Risk of Bloodstream Infections in the Intensive Care Unit. Categories: Posted on January 23, 2017
Etiologies, Trends, and Predictors of 30-Day Readmission in Patients With Heart Failure. Categories: Posted on January 23, 2017
Adults miscoded and misdiagnosed as having pneumonia: results from the British Thoracic Society pneumonia audit. Categories: Posted on January 22, 2017
Individual physician penalties resulting from violation of EMTALA: A review of Office of the Inspector General patient dumping settlements, 2002-2015. Categories: Posted on January 22, 2017
Acute Respiratory Compromise in the Emergency Department: A Description and Analysis of 3571 Events from the Get With the Guidelines-Resuscitation® Registry. Categories: Posted on January 22, 2017
Missed myocardial infarctions in ED patients prospectively categorized as low risk by established risk scores. Categories: Posted on January 22, 2017
Urine Cultures in Hospitalized Geriatric Patients Presenting With Fever. Categories: Posted on January 21, 2017
Coexisting Systemic Infections in Patients Who Present With a Fall. Categories: Posted on January 21, 2017
Selecting patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome for coronary angiography: a nationwide clinical vignette study in the Netherlands. Categories: Posted on January 21, 2017
Reducing unnecessary testing: an intervention to improve resident ordering practices. Categories: Posted on January 21, 2017November 29, 2017
Net clinical benefit of hospitalization versus outpatient management of patients with acute pulmonary embolism. Categories: Posted on January 21, 2017
Investigation of the degree of organisational influence on patient experience scores in acute medical admission units in all acute hospitals in England using multilevel hierarchical regression modelling. Categories: Posted on January 20, 2017
B-type natriuretic peptide-guided treatment for heart failure. Categories: Posted on January 20, 2017
Long-Term Survival in Adults Treated With Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Respiratory Failure and Sepsis. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2017
Effectiveness and safety of procalcitonin evaluation for reducing mortality in adults with sepsis, severe sepsis or septic shock. Categories: Posted on January 19, 2017
Invasive Disease vs Urinary Antigen-Confirmed Pneumococcal Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Categories: Posted on January 18, 2017August 22, 2017
In-hospital statin underutilization among high-risk patients: delayed uptake of the 2013 cholesterol guidelines in a U.S. cohort. Categories: Posted on January 18, 2017
Early primary care follow-up after ED and Hospital Discharge – Does it affect readmissions? Categories: Posted on January 18, 2017
Clinicians’ Expectations of the Benefits and Harms of Treatments, Screening, and Tests: A Systematic Review. Categories: Posted on January 18, 2017
Shortened hospital length of stay and lower costs associated with rivaroxaban in patients with pulmonary embolism managed as observation status. Categories: Posted on January 18, 2017
Intravenous zanamivir or oral oseltamivir for hospitalised patients with influenza: an international, randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, phase 3 trial. Categories: Posted on January 18, 2017
Acute systolic heart failure with normal admission BNP: clinical features and outcomes. Categories: Posted on January 18, 2017December 5, 2017
Acute liver failure in Scotland: changes in aetiology and outcomes over time (the Scottish Look-Back Study). Categories: Posted on January 18, 2017
Do Patients Hospitalized With COPD Have Airflow Obstruction? Categories: Posted on January 17, 2017August 22, 2017
Can High-flow Nasal Cannula Reduce the Rate of Endotracheal Intubation in Adult Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure Compared With Conventional Oxygen Therapy and Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation?: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Categories: Posted on January 17, 2017May 16, 2017
Isopropyl alcohol is as efficient as chlorhexidine to prevent contamination of blood cultures. Categories: Posted on January 17, 2017
Burden of Clostridium difficile infection: Associated hospitalization in a cohort of middle-aged and older adults. Categories: Posted on January 17, 2017
Impact of the 2014-2015 influenza season on the activity of an academic emergency department. Categories: Posted on January 17, 2017
Hospital cost and length of stay in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Categories: Posted on January 17, 2017
Improving the diagnostic workup of hyponatremia in the setting of kidney disease: a continuing medical education (CME) initiative. Categories: Posted on January 17, 2017October 15, 2017
Acute kidney injury and risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in Taiwan: A nationwide retrospective cohort study. Categories: Posted on January 17, 2017
Anticoagulants in ischemia-guided management of non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. Categories: Posted on January 17, 2017
Outcome of adult patients attended by rapid response teams: A systematic review of the literature. Categories: Posted on January 15, 2017July 14, 2017
Challenging the 99th percentile: A lower troponin cutoff leads to low mortality of chest pain patients. Categories: Posted on January 15, 2017
Fall risk and anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in the elderly: A delicate balance. Categories: Posted on January 14, 2017
Parsimonious blood use and lower transfusion triggers: What is the evidence? Categories: Posted on January 14, 2017
Urinary Biomarkers IGFBP7 and TIMP-2 for the Diagnostic Assessment of Transient and Persistent Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Patients. Categories: Posted on January 14, 2017
Protons pump inhibitor treatment and lower gastrointestinal bleeding: Balancing risks and benefits. Categories: Posted on January 14, 2017
Derivation of decision rules to predict clinically important outcomes in acute flank pain patients. Categories: Posted on January 14, 2017April 18, 2017
Methadone Inpatient and Discharge Prescribing Patterns for Pain at an Academic Health System. Categories: Posted on January 14, 2017
Investigations, findings, and follow-up in patients with chest pain and elevated high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T levels but no myocardial infarction. Categories: Posted on January 14, 2017
The role of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in skin and soft tissue infections. Categories: Posted on January 13, 2017
Comparison of Rates of Nephrotoxicity Associated with Vancomycin in Combination with Piperacillin-Tazobactam Administered as an Extended versus Standard Infusion. Categories: Posted on January 13, 2017October 5, 2017
A survey of patients with bed bugs in the emergency department. Categories: Posted on January 13, 2017July 8, 2017
Efficacy and safety of extended thromboprophylaxis for medically ill patients. A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Categories: Posted on January 13, 2017
In patients presenting to the emergency department with skin and soft tissue infections what is the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasonography for the diagnosis of abscess compared to the current standard of care? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Categories: meta-analysis pocus Posted on January 12, 2017
Combined inhaled beta-agonist and anticholinergic agents for emergency management in adults with asthma. Categories: Posted on January 12, 2017
Heart Failure Due to Reduced Ejection Fraction: Medical Management. Categories: Posted on January 12, 2017
Reducing medication errors in hospital discharge summaries: a randomised controlled trial. Categories: Posted on January 12, 2017April 11, 2017
Evidence To Support Continuation of Statin Therapy in Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. Categories: Posted on January 11, 2017September 13, 2017
Restrictive versus liberal blood transfusion in patients with coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis. Categories: Posted on January 11, 2017
Clinical Pharmacist Management of Bacteremia in a Community Hospital Emergency Department. Categories: Posted on January 11, 2017September 5, 2017
The ability of early warning scores (EWS) to detect critical illness in the prehospital setting: A systematic review. Categories: Posted on January 11, 2017
Elevated troponin I level assessed by a new high-sensitive assay and the risk of poor outcomes in patients with acute heart failure. Categories: Posted on January 11, 2017
Cost-effectiveness of antibiotic treatment strategies for community-acquired pneumonia: results from a cluster randomized cross-over trial. Categories: Posted on January 11, 2017
Standing shock index: An alternative to orthostatic vital signs. Categories: Posted on January 11, 2017
Active Surveillance for Influenza Reduces but Does Not Eliminate Hospital Exposure to Patients With Influenza. Categories: Posted on January 11, 2017
Early Goal-Directed Therapy for Sepsis: A Novel Solution for Discordant Survival Outcomes in Clinical Trials. Categories: Posted on January 10, 2017
Antibiotic Treatment Patterns, Costs, and Resource Utilization Among Patients with Community Acquired Pneumonia: A US Cohort Study. Categories: Posted on January 10, 2017